Dare County Fire, EMS and Ocean Rescue

Scanner feed of all Dare County 800MHz digital Fire, EMS, and Ocean Rescue communications. Includes all dispatch and 2-way traffic. Outer Banks area NC VIPER mutual aid talkgroups also scanned.

Status:Feed should be back up and running. I will "storm proof" the feed by next summer.

Public Safety

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Feed Notes

PLEASE NOTE: All Dare County law enforcement agencies, including sheriff and police dispatch, have moved to encrypted channels. This means all scanners, including the one used to supply this online feed, are no longer able to pick up law enforcement communications.

This feed is provided as a courtesy to anyone who is interested in listening to Dare County's finest! For more information on codes and unit traffic, see http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Dare_County_%28NC%29 and www.obxairwaves.com (This feed is also mirrored on the OBX AirWaves site). Scanner feed is also avilable on your cell phone or tablet using Scanner Radio or other apps.

If you would like to contact the provider of this feed, please click the red "contact broadcaster" button above.

Dare Central's non-emergency contact number: (252) 473-3444

Conventional VHF and UHF Chanels Scanned:

Dare VHF Fire/EMS paging 155.7375MHz (priamary channel scanned)

KDH lifeguard ops*Switched off as of 6/28/2013*

Station 50 rescue ops

NC Forestry OPS (including air)

Talkgroups scanned on Dare County P25 800MHZ simulcast system:

Fire (includes all TAC talkgroups)

EMS (including Medflight)

Ocean Rescue (including NH and KH beach lifeguards)

Sheriff (Includes NPS and Manteo PD)ENCRYPTED

Town police depts. (aka "Beach Law")ENCRYPTED

Public safety interop frequencies (NC VIPER system patches)

Additionally, any new or non-programmed talkgroups are still picked up, but without alpha tags. Only encrypted law enforcement traffic and Dare County school system (buses) are NOT scanned on this sytem.

Feed is currently provided by a Uniden BCD996XT fed by a 10dBi Terrawave 800MHz yagi antenna. Dedicated server with battery and generator backup supplies the connection. Cellular internet backup will be utilized when needed and permanently added at a later date.